| [/dɔːn; dɔn/] n [U, C] 用法:
1 time of day when light first appears; daybreak 黎明; 破晓; 拂晓:
We must start at dawn. 我们必须天一亮就启程. *
He works from dawn till dusk. 他从天亮工作到天黑. *
It's almost dawn. 天差不多要亮了. 用法:
2 (fig 比喻) beginning; first signs of sth 开始; 开端; 发端:
the dawn of hope, love, intelligence, civilization 希望、 爱情、 智力、 文明的开端 *
the dawn of a new age 新时代的曙光. 用法:
3 (idm 习语) the crack of dawn => crack1. dawn 2
[/dɔːn; dɔn/] v 用法:
1 [I] (often with it as subject 常用it作主语) begin to grow light 破晓:
It was dawning as we left. 我们离开时天开始亮了. *
When day dawned, we could see the damage the storm had caused. 天亮时, 我们可以看到风暴造成的灾害. 用法:
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (on sb) gradually become clear to sb's mind; become evident (to sb) （某人）逐渐明白:
It finally dawned (on me) that he had been lying. 最後（我）才明白他一直在撒谎. *
The truth began to dawn on him. 他开始弄明白真相. |